Eureka Stadium (Mars Stadium)

[The Punter]

Was at the Doggies v Saints AFLW match - one food truck in the whole place. Not a great incentive to return.

 

[Ratdweller]

Are they really going to attempt to host two football games in Ballarat next year in May and July? Where are they going to put all the people? The hill on the Eastern side of the ground will be completely out of bounds by then and removed. It will be a construction site well into 2026 with construction works on the new stands due to start from early next year. I hope that the council has a good back up plan like maybe some temporary scaffold stands at the Southern end of the ground. I think that the Ballarat games should be suspended until the stadium works are finished. It seems stupid to schedule Port Adelaide and Adelaide to play games there in front of 6-7000.

 

[Rickee]

Are they really going to attempt to host two football games in Ballarat next year in May and July? Where are they going to put all the people? The hill on the Eastern side of the ground will be completely out of bounds by then and removed. It will be a construction site well into 2026 with construction works on the new stands due to start from early next year. I hope that the council has a good back up plan like maybe some temporary scaffold stands at the Southern end of the ground. I think that the Ballarat games should be suspended until the stadium works are finished. It seems stupid to schedule Port Adelaide and Adelaide to play games there in front of 6-7000.

The Bulldogs have a contract with Ballarat Council, they can't just not play there.

I do enjoy the thought of two of my least favourite teams playing in Ballarat in July, at that time it's colder than a step mothers hug there

 

[its been done]

The Bulldogs have a contract with Ballarat Council, they can't just not play there.

I do enjoy the thought of two of my least favourite teams playing in Ballarat in July, at that time it's colder than a step mothers hug there

True about the contract, though they could've just suspended it for next year and offered some sort of compensation for the distruption

 

[Ratdweller]

True about the contract, though they could've just suspended it for next year and offered some sort of compensation for the distruption

That would be true, but the Bulldogs contract finished this year, unless someone knows something that I don't? The Bulldogs only renewed our most recent contract with the Rat up until 2024. I can understand us being cagey at this point in time cause Norfs contract with Hobart was pretty much up and they may well have come sniffing back around Ballarat to cut our grass in 2025 before we renewed. We do have some breathing space with Ballarat now though cause Norf have done a deal with the Devil in WA. I look forward now to listening to Caro Wilson now packing Norfs bags off to WA every week. She had them first packed off to the Gold Coast 15 years ago, then off to Hobart every week for the last 10 years. I'm waiting for her to start demanding to have them shifting to WA. Geezus that woman hates Norf. It's pathological

 

[BallaratBulldog]

The Western Bulldogs will remain Ballarat's 'home team' for a further three years after the club extended its partnership with the city.

Works to expand the stadium and other projects in the Ballarat Major Events Precinct will begin in early 2025 and are expected to be completed in 2026. The stadium will remain operational while grandstands containing 5000 new seats are built.

Bulldogs commit to Ballarat for three more years as stadium project speeds up

Head contractor named for Ballarat Major Events Precinct project.

www.thecourier.com.au